A person who owes a creditor; someone who has the obligation of paying a debt.

synonym: debitor.

Roget 806: debt, obligation, liability, indebtment^†, debit, score.    bill; check; account (credit) 805.    arrears, deferred payment, deficit, default, insolvency etc. (nonpayment) 808; bad debt.    interest; premium; usance^†, usury; floating debt, floating capital.    debtor, debitor^†; mortgagor; defaulter etc. 808; borrower.    ... show more

Roget 808: nonpayment; default, defalcation; protest, repudiation; application of the sponge^†; whitewashing.    insolvency, bankruptcy, failure; insufficiency etc. 640; run upon a bank; overdrawn account.    waste paper bonds; dishonored bills, protested bills; bogus check, bogus cheque, rubber check.    bankrupt, insolvent, debtor, lame duck, man of straw, welsher, stag, defaulter, levanter^†.    ... show more

Dutch: debiteur, gedelegeerde, lener, schuldenaar
Polish: dłużnik